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rice. >> and an article called susan rice term -- >> i was disappointing in the president, what she's said about regime change in african and countries and not looking more to her resume'. >> let me pull up a point on racism and sexism business. it never cuts the other way. liberals can criticize conservative african-american as conservative black women, like allen west now soon to be form former. and condoleezza rice, not being down for the struggle, as being oreos or hanger chief head negros, all of these used by left wing african-american women against conservatives and it's no problem, but it's only when you criticize the content of their character not the color of their skin or gender all of a sudden it's racist and sexist. >> i mean, where is the evidence of racial evidence in the questions of what she's done or said. it's not as if she is a reporter who to work with the material you give it and friday and confirm it. she had accessed to the classified. she should have known that that material could be new andsed. she could have done a great many things, instead, jake tapper and
rice. >> and an article called susan rice term -- >> i was disappointing in the president, what she's said about regime change in african and countries and not looking more to her resume'. >> let me pull up a point on racism and sexism business. it never cuts the other way. liberals can criticize conservative african-american as conservative black women, like allen west now soon to be form former. and condoleezza rice, not being down for the struggle, as being oreos or hanger...
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rice. >> he does. and one point david made i wanted to follow up on, and that is the arab spring has made it impossible for any leader-- mubarak could really ignore hamas. but now, given the arab spring and the democratization of policy, even though we see mr. morsi today sort of reversing that policy, proven both elected and unelected leaders can be dictatorial. that hamas got a preemence and prominence it had not had fore in this showdown. we had tu nearby awe had egypt, we had turkey-- all basically endorsing much to the demise and disadvantage of the palestinian authority and its decline. i think that's-- but the benghazi thing is fascinating to me. basically because, i think the charge against lindsey graham, for example, is unfair, that somehow he's driven by terminal sexism. this is a senator, a republican senator from south carolina, who did vote for the confirmation of elena kagan and for justify sotomayor-- >> brown: you're referring to him coming out against-- >> and threatening
rice. >> he does. and one point david made i wanted to follow up on, and that is the arab spring has made it impossible for any leader-- mubarak could really ignore hamas. but now, given the arab spring and the democratization of policy, even though we see mr. morsi today sort of reversing that policy, proven both elected and unelected leaders can be dictatorial. that hamas got a preemence and prominence it had not had fore in this showdown. we had tu nearby awe had egypt, we had turkey--...
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susan rice is another one. hillary clinton is another. we would not be doing are due diligence as investigators if we did not question the office. if the president thinks we're being unfair to susan rice, he can comment. that is always an option, too. if he wants to be sent for my millions towards her company can come to congressman to the questions. lou: i'm going to be asking a number of people throughout this question, but under feinstein, her committee did not want to comment. i want to does ask you quickly wrap up here. for your viewers, is whether or not there is any grounds for not commenting on what seems to be a matter of fact issue. she was asked whether the cia operatives in benghazi, what about them calling for help? and can you think of any reason why that would not be a matter that could be shed with shared with the american public? >> no, sir, i cannot. lou: and what about the administration's original versions of events? your reaction? >> there's a difference of not wanting comment on something and not being able to. it is
susan rice is another one. hillary clinton is another. we would not be doing are due diligence as investigators if we did not question the office. if the president thinks we're being unfair to susan rice, he can comment. that is always an option, too. if he wants to be sent for my millions towards her company can come to congressman to the questions. lou: i'm going to be asking a number of people throughout this question, but under feinstein, her committee did not want to comment. i want to...
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susan rice worked with closely and had great respect for. she worked closely with that ambassador, with some -- so saddened to know he lost his life and three of his colleagues did as well. senator mccain cares about the loss of life and knowing the facts as best he might. and he's someone who deeply cares about the u.s. and our relationship with the countries and certainly about what happened in benghazi. so i think she has to continue to reach out to him, to him, senator lindsey graham, i think talk to them behind closed doors and explain. i said yesterday, on msnbc, there are lots of smart people. susan rice is one of them. she's a bright woman. very qualified. very competent person but sometimes smart people make mistakes and it's okay to say that, too. >> the president has forcefully defended susan rice. but the issue doesn't seem to be going away. listen to this, congressman clyburn suggesting it was racial? let's take a listen. >> these are code words. we heard them during the campaign. during this recent campaign, we heard senator su
susan rice worked with closely and had great respect for. she worked closely with that ambassador, with some -- so saddened to know he lost his life and three of his colleagues did as well. senator mccain cares about the loss of life and knowing the facts as best he might. and he's someone who deeply cares about the u.s. and our relationship with the countries and certainly about what happened in benghazi. so i think she has to continue to reach out to him, to him, senator lindsey graham, i...
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susan rice has broken her silence to defend herself. she's a candidate for secretary of state but she's faced scrutiny because of comments she made on the attack in benghazi, libya. rice made a tv appearance immediately after the september 11th attack. she suggested protests in benghazi over a u.s.-made film that mocked the prophet mohammed triggered the assault on the consulate. investigators later determined it was likely a premeditated plot by extremists. the attackers killed the ambassador and three other americans. rice broke her silence wednesday in response to rising criticism from members of the republican party. >> i relied solely and squarely on the information provided to me by the intelligence community. i made clear that the information was preliminary. and that our investigations would give us the definitive answers. >> republican lawmakers are mounting a campaign against a possible plan by president barack obama to nominate rice as secretary of state to replace hillary clinton. they say she's not qualified or fit for the
susan rice has broken her silence to defend herself. she's a candidate for secretary of state but she's faced scrutiny because of comments she made on the attack in benghazi, libya. rice made a tv appearance immediately after the september 11th attack. she suggested protests in benghazi over a u.s.-made film that mocked the prophet mohammed triggered the assault on the consulate. investigators later determined it was likely a premeditated plot by extremists. the attackers killed the ambassador...
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eight years later, susan rice, who may or may not be a nominee for secretary of state, is being held by senator mccain and senator graham to an entirely different standard. what she reported on your show and others was what she was told by the intelligence agencies. as more information came in, that rendition of facts was abridged and changed. but it wasn't her fault. and to say she has to be held accountable because an intelligence agency didn't tell the whole story initially for reasons of national security is totally unfair. >> schieffer: well we-- i would point out just one thing, she came on, on this broadcast immediately after the president of libya, who said flatley, this was the work of terrorists, some of them from mali,s" from outside the country. and secretary rice stuck to her-- stuck to her story, as it were, and said, no, our best information is, it was a result, a reaction of those demonstrations that were happening in egypt. i guess what i would ask you, senator, do you honestly believe as an ambassador at one of our key ambassadors to the united nations, all secretar
eight years later, susan rice, who may or may not be a nominee for secretary of state, is being held by senator mccain and senator graham to an entirely different standard. what she reported on your show and others was what she was told by the intelligence agencies. as more information came in, that rendition of facts was abridged and changed. but it wasn't her fault. and to say she has to be held accountable because an intelligence agency didn't tell the whole story initially for reasons of...
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ambassador susan rice and her account in the days following the attack that expressed her role in an anti-muslim video. >> the stories he told re-enforced a political narrative helpful to the president. she was the most politically compliant person they could find. i don't know what she told, but i know the stories she told were miss leading. >> it was one of the most unfair attacks i have ever seen in washington in 34 years, susan rice was using the unclassifies talking points that were provided by the intelligence community. >> somewhere along the line those talk points changed. >> what i do know that every member of the intelligence community says the references to al qaeda were removed by somebody and they don't know who. >> reporter: but the administration denied claims of white house interference and says they made only a minor change. >> there's only one thing that was changed and i checked into this, i believe it to be absolute fact and it was the word consulate was changed to mission. >> reporter: and today lawmakers say they want both the current secretary of state hillary
ambassador susan rice and her account in the days following the attack that expressed her role in an anti-muslim video. >> the stories he told re-enforced a political narrative helpful to the president. she was the most politically compliant person they could find. i don't know what she told, but i know the stories she told were miss leading. >> it was one of the most unfair attacks i have ever seen in washington in 34 years, susan rice was using the unclassifies talking points that...
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. >> is it clear that susan rice saw that? that's one thing i think the republicans are going off on this, going after susan rice and knew the information she was giving out was wrong. how do we know that she saw the original point-- >> wait, wait, i never thought i would say this, but charles isn't getting a chance to talk enough. i think we need to let him talk. charles, you weigh in. >> well, let's not talk about susan rice. let's take the president's own demand that we not pick on the little lady and we pick on him. all right. let's accept the challenge. that, and he said, after all, she was just my spokesman even though she knew nothing about this. all right, what he's asking us to say the president of the united states using a spokesman who knew nothing about the issue went on five television shows and gave one version of a story where the classified version clearly said this was a terror attack, and yet, the version that was heard on every network was, this was a riot that had gone out of control, this was nothing else
. >> is it clear that susan rice saw that? that's one thing i think the republicans are going off on this, going after susan rice and knew the information she was giving out was wrong. how do we know that she saw the original point-- >> wait, wait, i never thought i would say this, but charles isn't getting a chance to talk enough. i think we need to let him talk. charles, you weigh in. >> well, let's not talk about susan rice. let's take the president's own demand that we not...
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ambassador susan rice delivered to the press. many are asking why and how that happened. remember senators john mccain and lindsey graham have attacked susan rice and the president for being deliberately misleading. they've also threatened to block any nomination of rice for the post of secretary of state. she is considered a front-winner to replace secretary of state hillary clinton. joining me now from washington, david ignatius, a columnist for the "washington post" and i'm pleased to have him back on this broadcast. that you can, charlie. >> rose: tell me the questions you think are still unanswered. >> my sense as a journalist is there's more smoke than fire in this one that will keep looking and seeing what new facts are uncovered in terms of this word change issue, the white house insists that only one word was changed and it was a fairly trivial one. general petraeus in his testimony on friday said that two or three days after the september 11 attack on the consulate in benghazi the c.i.a. knew that terrorists were involved and more specifically the c.i.a. knew th
ambassador susan rice delivered to the press. many are asking why and how that happened. remember senators john mccain and lindsey graham have attacked susan rice and the president for being deliberately misleading. they've also threatened to block any nomination of rice for the post of secretary of state. she is considered a front-winner to replace secretary of state hillary clinton. joining me now from washington, david ignatius, a columnist for the "washington post" and i'm pleased...
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. >> let me say specifically about susan rice, she has done exemplary work. she has represented the united states and our interests in the united nations with skill and professionalism and toughness and grace. as i've said before, she made an appearance at the request of the white house in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her. if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me, and i'm happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador, who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence that she had received, and to besmirch her reputation is outrageous. >> reporter: back on domestic issues, president obama pledged quick action in a second term on comprehensive immigration reform. he used a question from the correspondent for telemundo to point to his strong support from latinos in the election. >> this is the fastest-growing group in the country. and, you know, historically, what you
. >> let me say specifically about susan rice, she has done exemplary work. she has represented the united states and our interests in the united nations with skill and professionalism and toughness and grace. as i've said before, she made an appearance at the request of the white house in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her. if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me, and i'm happy...
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when susan rice spoke it had become a riot out of control. that means between the 4 and 16 and intelligence assessment and the white house, something changed. someone changed it. that seems to be agreed. that is clarity. i would clear the questions who changed it, why, and what exactly was the nature of the change. why was it made to protect the administration line on heated election that al-qaeda is on the heels that obama repeated at every stop in the campaign. dianne feinstein, a democrat, said we have to get the answer to that. the answer is somewhere. it could be the white house. it would be damaging. that is a real achieve in the the investigation. >> shannon: a.b., do you think the ambassador rice will testify about this? i don't know if it will successfully come to pass but the pressure is on her. the pressure is on hillary clinton as well. many people. >> shannon: she agreed to testify at some point. >> i want to say two things. one, the whole line tha at the , what was revealed about the scrubbing of the talking points. any suspicio
when susan rice spoke it had become a riot out of control. that means between the 4 and 16 and intelligence assessment and the white house, something changed. someone changed it. that seems to be agreed. that is clarity. i would clear the questions who changed it, why, and what exactly was the nature of the change. why was it made to protect the administration line on heated election that al-qaeda is on the heels that obama repeated at every stop in the campaign. dianne feinstein, a democrat,...
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>>reporter: you hit upon a very important question which is why susan rice was chosen. the natural choice would be someone who was a career mill -- military or director of national director or the c.i.a. director but the white house told this to fox, they decided to put out ambassador rice because she wanted a senior diplomat because a diplomat had been killed in benghazi but as one congressional source said to me it was like sending in the electrician when your plumbing is broken because that is not her expertise. >>shepard: no doubt about that. live from capitol hill. >> thousands of workers fighting big pay cuts could lose their jobs entirely now. it has to do with hostess company that makes twinkies and all the rest of it, the snow ball things, and now a judge is getting involved and telling both sides, make a deal or else. will twinkies live on? what about the jobs? we have answers on both fronts next. [ male announcer ] with over 50 delicious choices of green giant vegetables it's easy to eat like a giant... ♪ and feel like a green giant. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green
>>reporter: you hit upon a very important question which is why susan rice was chosen. the natural choice would be someone who was a career mill -- military or director of national director or the c.i.a. director but the white house told this to fox, they decided to put out ambassador rice because she wanted a senior diplomat because a diplomat had been killed in benghazi but as one congressional source said to me it was like sending in the electrician when your plumbing is broken because...
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ambassador susan rice would not have been one of them. she is from the perspective of main stream american foreign policy one of the least controversial figures in this administration. rice was a scholar at 28 years old. she joined bill clinton's security council and became the youngest ever assistant secretary of state. and in january of 2009, she was unanimously confirmed by the senate as a united states ambassador to the united nations. during her almost four years on the job, she's earned bipartisan praise for pursuing u.s. interests. "new york times" reports that white house aides say she's favored by president obama to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. but rice's record doing her job doesn't seem to matter much to senator john mccain. what matters is that rice went on television in the days after the attack in libya that killed the ambassador and three other americans and repeated the information the cia provided at the time. >> susan rice should have known better, and if she didn't know better, she's not qualified. she
ambassador susan rice would not have been one of them. she is from the perspective of main stream american foreign policy one of the least controversial figures in this administration. rice was a scholar at 28 years old. she joined bill clinton's security council and became the youngest ever assistant secretary of state. and in january of 2009, she was unanimously confirmed by the senate as a united states ambassador to the united nations. during her almost four years on the job, she's earned...
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the real issue here is not susan rice. it is before, during and after, the total failures this administration engaged in, which has caused the deaths of these four brave americans. >> senator mccain says it would help ambassador rice if she acknowledged she would wrong. >>> lawmakers may be home for thanksgiving holidays but negotiations to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff are still in motion behind the scenes. nancy pelosi and senator dick durbin are expressing confidence about those attacks, even though there are challenges ahead within their own party. politico reporting congressional democrats are facing internal riffs between progressive and moderates over key issues like dealing with entitlement cuts and the threshold for raising income taxes on the wealthy. still according to a new gallup pole, 65% of americans say the president's going to be seeking bipartisan solutions while 48% are saying the same about the republicans in congress. >>> investors are responding to reports of washington's newfound confidence on rea
the real issue here is not susan rice. it is before, during and after, the total failures this administration engaged in, which has caused the deaths of these four brave americans. >> senator mccain says it would help ambassador rice if she acknowledged she would wrong. >>> lawmakers may be home for thanksgiving holidays but negotiations to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff are still in motion behind the scenes. nancy pelosi and senator dick durbin are expressing confidence about...
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i don't get the susan rice focus. you can say the people that turned down the funding request, hillary clinton at the state department. there are people that i can understand the anger or outrage or being directed out. of all those people, susan rice doesn't make very much sense to me as a target. explain that to me. >> we now know because of the closed hearings from david petraeus, the intelligence said it was a terrorist attack. we know the original classified talking point, not talking points, but information that went to the daily briefing said this was a terrorist attack with groups connected to al qaeda. the others gave a different impression, if not contradicting that. like it was a protest. the person who delivered the talking points was susan rice. she said something that i think republicans believe she knew wasn't true. she said it, she must from known it wasn't true. >> i don't follow that logic for two reasons. why would she know it wasn't true. >> because the classified information at the time contradicte
i don't get the susan rice focus. you can say the people that turned down the funding request, hillary clinton at the state department. there are people that i can understand the anger or outrage or being directed out. of all those people, susan rice doesn't make very much sense to me as a target. explain that to me. >> we now know because of the closed hearings from david petraeus, the intelligence said it was a terrorist attack. we know the original classified talking point, not talking...
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new report names the party responsible for altering susan rice's talking points. we'll have liz and ambassador bolton back coming up and major allegations of racism against the republican party. we'll play the comments. stay tuned. [ female announcer ] caroline penry began using olay total effects in 2001. and one wedding, 2 kids, 43 bottles of olay total effects many birthdays later, still looks amazing. thanks to the trusted performance of olay. >>> welcome back to hannity. for several weeks lawmakers have been asking who is responsible for editing the administration's benghazi talking points. tonight we are getting closer to find out the answer to that now important question. according to cbs news it appears that the office of director of national intelligence headed by james clapper is preparing to take the fall to remove all references to al-qaeda and terrorism from that document. these were the talking points used by susan rice appearances which she blamed the incident on a youtube video. this revelation directly contradicts what clapper's and colleagues and
new report names the party responsible for altering susan rice's talking points. we'll have liz and ambassador bolton back coming up and major allegations of racism against the republican party. we'll play the comments. stay tuned. [ female announcer ] caroline penry began using olay total effects in 2001. and one wedding, 2 kids, 43 bottles of olay total effects many birthdays later, still looks amazing. thanks to the trusted performance of olay. >>> welcome back to hannity. for...
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>> have they done enough to defend susan rice? certainly, i think the president's been very clear about how he feels about susan rice. i think -- and he's been right to defend her. i think some of the attacks that have come from senator mccain and others have been very political in their tone and really not thinking about her job and the talking points she received and also the seriousness of the situation and the timing of when this political fight began, which was right in the middle of the heat of the election. i think we're just seeing that continue now and it's unfortunate because it's something that really the american people don't want, is certainly something that is a distraction from really figuring out what's going on in that situation and other situations. >> and joe, congressman jim cry burn took issue with colleagues that have called ambassador rice incompetent. take a look at what he said about that yesterday. >> these are code words. we heard them during the campaign. during this recent campaign, we heard senator su
>> have they done enough to defend susan rice? certainly, i think the president's been very clear about how he feels about susan rice. i think -- and he's been right to defend her. i think some of the attacks that have come from senator mccain and others have been very political in their tone and really not thinking about her job and the talking points she received and also the seriousness of the situation and the timing of when this political fight began, which was right in the middle of...
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susan rice met with republican senators who've criticized her for saying-- five days after the attack-- that anti-american protests were to blame. in fact, u.s. officials already knew it was a terrorist strike. today, rice blamed faulty intelligence. but senator lindsey graham said he was unimpressed. bottom line, i'm more disturbed now than i was before that the 16 september explation about how four americans died in benghazi libya by ambassador rice i think does not do justice to the reality at the time and in hindsight clearly was completely wrong. >> sreenivasan: graham, along with senators mccain and ayotte, have said they'll oppose rice if she's nominated to be secretary of state. but independent senator joe lieberman also met with rice today, and he said he was satisfied with her explanation of events. >> i found her statements to be significant. she was just as clear and absolute as she could be that she based her testimony and her statements on sunday morning television on the tlking points that she got from the intelligence community. >> sreenivasan: president obama has stro
susan rice met with republican senators who've criticized her for saying-- five days after the attack-- that anti-american protests were to blame. in fact, u.s. officials already knew it was a terrorist strike. today, rice blamed faulty intelligence. but senator lindsey graham said he was unimpressed. bottom line, i'm more disturbed now than i was before that the 16 september explation about how four americans died in benghazi libya by ambassador rice i think does not do justice to the reality...
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ambassador susan rice used the edited version in remarks five days after the attack. some republicans have accused her of downplaying the terror link to avoid hurting the president's re-election bid. but senate intelligence chair dianne feinstein defended rice today. >> we have seen wrong intelligence before. and it all surrounded our going into iraq. and a lot of people were killed based on bad intelligence. so and i don't think that's fair game. i think mission takes-- mistakes get made. >> holman: the benghazi attack killed u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. in afghanistan, 17 civilians were killed today when their bus set off a roadside bomb. the victims were on their way to a wedding. separately, two nato service members were killed in a roadside bomb attack in the eastern part of the country. there was hopeful talk today about avoiding the "fiscal cliff" after president obama met with congressional leaders at the white house. a series of tax increases and spending cuts will kick in on january 1, unless the two sides can come to agreement. t
ambassador susan rice used the edited version in remarks five days after the attack. some republicans have accused her of downplaying the terror link to avoid hurting the president's re-election bid. but senate intelligence chair dianne feinstein defended rice today. >> we have seen wrong intelligence before. and it all surrounded our going into iraq. and a lot of people were killed based on bad intelligence. so and i don't think that's fair game. i think mission takes-- mistakes get...
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the men also said they would try to block any attempt to nominate susan rice as the next secretary of state. describing rice as unqualified for the job after she originally characterized the benghazi terror attack as a protest gone wrong. president obama and his first post election news conference yesterday fired back in sharp terms. >> let me say specifically about susan rice, she has done xr exemplary work. she has represented the united states and our interests in the united nations with skill and professionalism and toughness and grace. if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i'm happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence she had received and to besmir much her reputation is outrageous. >> the republican senators were quick to respond. lindsey graham went on twitter and wrote the following. he said, "mr. president, don't think for one minute i don't hold you ultimately responsible f
the men also said they would try to block any attempt to nominate susan rice as the next secretary of state. describing rice as unqualified for the job after she originally characterized the benghazi terror attack as a protest gone wrong. president obama and his first post election news conference yesterday fired back in sharp terms. >> let me say specifically about susan rice, she has done xr exemplary work. she has represented the united states and our interests in the united nations...
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the men also said they would try to block any attempt to nominate susan rice as the next secretary of state. describing rice as unqualified for the job after she originally characterized the benghazi terror attack as a protest gone wrong. president obama and his first post election news conference yesterday fired back in sharp terms. >> let me say specifically about susan rice, she has done xr exemplary work. she has represented the united states and our interests in the united nations with skill and professionalism and toughness and grace. if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i'm happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence she had received and to besmir much her reputation is outrageous. >> the republican senators were quick to respond. lindsey graham went on twitter and wrote the following. he said, "mr. president, don't think for one minute i don't hold you ultimately responsible f
the men also said they would try to block any attempt to nominate susan rice as the next secretary of state. describing rice as unqualified for the job after she originally characterized the benghazi terror attack as a protest gone wrong. president obama and his first post election news conference yesterday fired back in sharp terms. >> let me say specifically about susan rice, she has done xr exemplary work. she has represented the united states and our interests in the united nations...
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mccain took it a step further enand said because of susan rice's role, the confusing fact, we'll talk to senator mccain in a second so president obama took the opportunity to fire back directly at the senator. >> if senator mccain and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i'm happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador, who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence that she had received and to besmirch her reputation is outrageous. >> well, senator mccain heard that remark. 73 minutes later took to the floor of the u.s. senate to respond. >> mr. president, four brave americans died. it has now been eight weeks and the american people have received nothing but contradictory statements from all levels of our government. this president and this administration has either been guilty of colossal incompetence, or engaged in a cover-up, neither of which are acceptable to the american people. >> keeping then honest, more than two months after the deadly attack on the u.s. consul
mccain took it a step further enand said because of susan rice's role, the confusing fact, we'll talk to senator mccain in a second so president obama took the opportunity to fire back directly at the senator. >> if senator mccain and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i'm happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador, who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence that she...
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i know susan rice, worked with her in the john kerry campaign in 2004. she has the skill and the judgment to be secretary of state if president obama wants her to be. >> it's unfair? >> completely unfair. it's a tough town and lots of people want to be secretary of state i suspect. and the press has a role to play here, but at the end of the day i think if barack obama, who's just been rere elected, would like susan rice to be his secretary of state, she will be. >> steve, chip, happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving. >> also making news this morning, investigators say they're questioning people in connection with an explosion that killed two residents and virtually leveled a neighborhood in indianapolis. police say they have served search warrants, although they haven't made any arrests yet. sources are also telling "the indianapolis star" that investigators believe gas was intentionally leased into one of the homes and that blast may have been sparked remotely. >>> elmo puppeteer kevin clash is leaving "sesame street" after a second man accused him
i know susan rice, worked with her in the john kerry campaign in 2004. she has the skill and the judgment to be secretary of state if president obama wants her to be. >> it's unfair? >> completely unfair. it's a tough town and lots of people want to be secretary of state i suspect. and the press has a role to play here, but at the end of the day i think if barack obama, who's just been rere elected, would like susan rice to be his secretary of state, she will be. >> steve,...
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that he heard from susan rice in public. what we have here is a situation where it's become highly politicized. no doubt about that. political effort that obama reacted to strongly in the press conference when he said why take on susan rice. if you want to come after somebody, come after me. that proted senator mccain to say you have culpability here. >> chris: it may be politicized but it doesn't mean something didn't go wrong. >> we shouldn't be under illusion there weren't elements of the government that didn't understand this was a terrorist attack. you had mike ronallers on the morning of september 12, chairman of the house intelligence committee who had been briefed by c.i.a. earlier that morning come out on the morning of september 19 and say this was a military style commander doe assault on u.s. compound. the station chief in libya send a cable saying man on the ground. this was a terrorist attack. pentagon saying on day one this was a terrorist attack. >> chris: how do you explain james clapper the director of inte
that he heard from susan rice in public. what we have here is a situation where it's become highly politicized. no doubt about that. political effort that obama reacted to strongly in the press conference when he said why take on susan rice. if you want to come after somebody, come after me. that proted senator mccain to say you have culpability here. >> chris: it may be politicized but it doesn't mean something didn't go wrong. >> we shouldn't be under illusion there weren't...
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ambassador susan rice as secretary of state. and this follows andrea mitchell's reporting yesterday that it was the intelligence community, not the white house, that changed talking points about the unclassified data that could be discussed when susan rice went out on the sunday talk shows to discuss what was known about the benghazi situation. is that something that republicans are choosing to ignore, the facts of that? they're trying to draft a letter like this to almost wreck her reputation before she is even nominated. >> and frankly it doesn't matter what the house of representatives thinks. they have no say in the process. this is more of a headline scheme, frankly. this is press release politics, which is the last thing we need right now. but what is important is to look at the white house did put her out there. she did her job. i'll give her that. she spoke with the talking points she had, what she knew. the fact is the administration to put her out there with misleading information and that's the clear case. it was not
ambassador susan rice as secretary of state. and this follows andrea mitchell's reporting yesterday that it was the intelligence community, not the white house, that changed talking points about the unclassified data that could be discussed when susan rice went out on the sunday talk shows to discuss what was known about the benghazi situation. is that something that republicans are choosing to ignore, the facts of that? they're trying to draft a letter like this to almost wreck her reputation...
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my point, susan rice won't be hillary clinton. susan rice will be a mouthpiece for president obama and not the american people. >> bob: curious, check this out and see if mccain and graham had such problems did they vote for her for-up? my guess is they probably did. >> greg: the u.n. loves her. the u.n. hated bolton which is why bolton was great. when u.n. loves you, they like someone to roll over. >> eric: they may have voted for her but that was prior to her lying to five different news organizations. >> bob: how can you accuse her of lying? the intelligence committee itself said that it was the same intelligence that the intelligence committee got the day before she testified. >> eric: be specific. >> bob: i will. senior member of the intelligence committee released the following statement. >> eric: you are always talking about who are the sources? who are they? name them. give us names. the "new york times" saying we talk about president obama's? talk about the sources. who are they? >> bob: this is adam -- he got the nationa
my point, susan rice won't be hillary clinton. susan rice will be a mouthpiece for president obama and not the american people. >> bob: curious, check this out and see if mccain and graham had such problems did they vote for her for-up? my guess is they probably did. >> greg: the u.n. loves her. the u.n. hated bolton which is why bolton was great. when u.n. loves you, they like someone to roll over. >> eric: they may have voted for her but that was prior to her lying to five...
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i'm not sure how they relate to susan rice. i've been in government. she went on stel vision, was given a set of talking points. it would have been strange if she had used different talking points than the ones she had been given. congress is expressing frustration but it's misdirected. that doesn't mean she's necessarily the best person for the job. that's the choice the president will have to make. i don't find this particularly disqualifying. >> we're told the president will be making decisions as early as right after thanksgiving about the new cabinet. he has a foreign policy team, tim geithner wants to step down. bill, you've been in this situation. michael you as well in shaping a second term. what about john kerry for secretary of state? clearly very well qualified, the chairman of the foreign relations committee? what about the replacement for tim geithner, jack lew, the white house chief of staff, former budget director the best person for it? does the president now need large figures who can go on television, who can sell the policies? what a
i'm not sure how they relate to susan rice. i've been in government. she went on stel vision, was given a set of talking points. it would have been strange if she had used different talking points than the ones she had been given. congress is expressing frustration but it's misdirected. that doesn't mean she's necessarily the best person for the job. that's the choice the president will have to make. i don't find this particularly disqualifying. >> we're told the president will be making...
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out and be, like, oh, god, we love susan rice now? i don't think that was ever going to be the backside of that meeting. >> no. but i've known senator mccain for a long time. he's never on talking points. he always talks about what he believes and what he thinks. i've seen him go into those meetings where he's walked out and said i'm still not for her but not as against her as i was. apparently they didn't find a whole lot to agree with in that meeting. if she's auditioning to be the top diplomat, i would hope they'd come out better. >> she did request the meetings. >> right. >> not as if they called her up there. >> no question about that. she's pushing these meetings, the one asking for these meetings. like i said, if this is auditioning to be our top diplomat, what that's what these meetings are about -- >> sometimes you go into meetings in diplomacy and you do come out aggressively because some foreign countries aren't our allies and aren't going to be. >> no question. >> as far as she can tell, john mccain doesn't seem like an al
out and be, like, oh, god, we love susan rice now? i don't think that was ever going to be the backside of that meeting. >> no. but i've known senator mccain for a long time. he's never on talking points. he always talks about what he believes and what he thinks. i've seen him go into those meetings where he's walked out and said i'm still not for her but not as against her as i was. apparently they didn't find a whole lot to agree with in that meeting. if she's auditioning to be the top...
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what do you make of the susan rice fight? is it a fight worth having if you're the president of the united states? >> well, look, when i look at the benghazi issue, i see serious issues about security, did we get our understanding of what was going on in libya right? i'm not sure this issue should be a major issue and i think you mentioned campaigning versus governing before, chris. and i think the administration now needs to move out of campaigning and into governing mode and if they just offer some transparency and accountability here, that maybe we can get past this. lay out what happened. i don't think there's any reason to come out in drips and drabs. >> overly partisan or fair in terms of the back and forth over benghazi? >> to me it strikes me as overly partisan. i mean, susan rice is being blamed for going on "meet the press" and a couple other shows and repeating some talking points. it seems as if certain people have decided she is an easy target, an easy way to get at president obama probably makes president obama
what do you make of the susan rice fight? is it a fight worth having if you're the president of the united states? >> well, look, when i look at the benghazi issue, i see serious issues about security, did we get our understanding of what was going on in libya right? i'm not sure this issue should be a major issue and i think you mentioned campaigning versus governing before, chris. and i think the administration now needs to move out of campaigning and into governing mode and if they...
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it wasn't necessarily susan rice's fault. and to use this to judge her if she's qualified to be secretary of state really isn't smart politically or policy wise. >> but it definitely puts this in the top of the block. do you think -- >> just to say -- i think that was a mistake because right now people want to see people coming together. they should have said this is a productive meeting, we have other questions to go, but we need more conversation. >> we do want to find out as a country, find out exactly what happened there. we did lose four american lives. and not to lessen this, but these not tourists in libya. these are four state department workers who knew the dangers of what they were involved in. they elected to be there. it is a tragic loss of life, but it's not one that we, you know, obviously as the senator said, this is a terrible intelligence failure. but what is the case moving forward? now that rice has gone up there and done her due diligence with meeting three of her harshest critics, how does she move on fro
it wasn't necessarily susan rice's fault. and to use this to judge her if she's qualified to be secretary of state really isn't smart politically or policy wise. >> but it definitely puts this in the top of the block. do you think -- >> just to say -- i think that was a mistake because right now people want to see people coming together. they should have said this is a productive meeting, we have other questions to go, but we need more conversation. >> we do want to find out...
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one is hillary clinton and other is susan rice. >> bob: don't accuse susan rice being part of a conspiracy. she was given talking points to say. >> dana: let me tell you something as spokesperson. you have an obligation to say are you correct? ask the next question and think it through. you have a responsibility for your words. you have can't just blame that somebody else told me to say it. >> eric: can i give >> you example? a lot of time they write something for you in the script, camera three, right? sometimes you say i'm not going to say that. >> greg: that is all the time. >> bob: if you are her, why would you go out anyway after colin powell's experience? >> dana: always bring it back. >> andrea: the administration refuses to acknowledge terror when it happens. it's always a lone wolf or isolated incident or video. >> bob: series of weapons of mass destruction. that got us in a war. >> greg: on that note -- >> dana: i knew at some point deep in their hearts they really do believe it's president bush's fault. >> greg: coming up, chris christie used to be funny. but now is he becoming
one is hillary clinton and other is susan rice. >> bob: don't accuse susan rice being part of a conspiracy. she was given talking points to say. >> dana: let me tell you something as spokesperson. you have an obligation to say are you correct? ask the next question and think it through. you have a responsibility for your words. you have can't just blame that somebody else told me to say it. >> eric: can i give >> you example? a lot of time they write something for you in...
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susan rice has serious explaining to do. you mentioned the 97 republicans if the house who have gone on the record oppose her nomination as state, you have serious republicans in the u.s. senate like senator mccain and senator graham saying look we need a select committee along the lines of the watergate special committees, aeu to get answers here. we are still not clear. we are ten weeks later. we are still getting the runaway from the very highest officials in the administration. the only way we'll get answers is to have a bi-partisan and bicameral investigation that involves both houses. the senate and the house of representatives. ainsley: the senate just responded don't go after susan rice, go after me. why don't you go after me. what do you make of his timing about all this. >> it's very clear, he's saying i want to nominate susan rice. if you want to filibuster you take me on. i think the president will play chicken with senator graham and senator mccain. there are clearly enough democratic votes in the senate about 5
susan rice has serious explaining to do. you mentioned the 97 republicans if the house who have gone on the record oppose her nomination as state, you have serious republicans in the u.s. senate like senator mccain and senator graham saying look we need a select committee along the lines of the watergate special committees, aeu to get answers here. we are still not clear. we are ten weeks later. we are still getting the runaway from the very highest officials in the administration. the only way...
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it seems the president could be backing susan rice for secretary of state. "washington post," a strong editorial against her. >> i talked to saxby chambliss, vice chair of the senate intelligence committeery heard from petraeus if he was going to call susan rice. he said it was up to the committee. then he said we need to hear from her. who gave her these talking points? what did she know when she went on the talk shows. because to the degree people believed she was misleading the country at this moment as to what happened in benghazi, who better to talk to than her. >> it's interesting that senator chambliss would say she's the key when the president says come after me. she's the un embassador. >> she's the one who talked on the talk shows and i suspect they're not going to subpoena or ask that the president come and testify. susan rice is subject to confirmation, especially if she's going to be the secretary of state. she's going to have to go to capitol hill and answer questions. >> it will be fascinating to see if she ask her or subpoena her and if she a
it seems the president could be backing susan rice for secretary of state. "washington post," a strong editorial against her. >> i talked to saxby chambliss, vice chair of the senate intelligence committeery heard from petraeus if he was going to call susan rice. he said it was up to the committee. then he said we need to hear from her. who gave her these talking points? what did she know when she went on the talk shows. because to the degree people believed she was misleading...
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ambassador susan rice. yet, the smear campaign against susan rice continues as more republicans pile on. rice had another tough day on capitol hill today. now, senate republicans are blaming rice for yet another security failure. the u.s. embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania 14 years ago. >> it troubles me so much is the benghazi attack in many ways echos the attacks of those embassies in 1998 when susan rice was head of the african region for our state department. >> senator bob corker in tennessee had a warning for the president. >> i would just ask the president to step back for a moment and realize that all of us here hold the secretary of state to a very different standard than most cabinet members. >> while republicans say they are concerned about susan rice advancing bad intel, they didn't think twice about confirming condoleezza rice as secretary of state. susan collins, lindsey graham and john mccain all voted to confirm condoleezza rice. who would support as the next secretary of state? >> i thi
ambassador susan rice. yet, the smear campaign against susan rice continues as more republicans pile on. rice had another tough day on capitol hill today. now, senate republicans are blaming rice for yet another security failure. the u.s. embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania 14 years ago. >> it troubles me so much is the benghazi attack in many ways echos the attacks of those embassies in 1998 when susan rice was head of the african region for our state department. >> senator bob...
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rice. >> susan rice is extraordinary. couldn't be prouder of the job that she's done. >> delaware senator chris coons a member of the foreign relations committee has to decide who will be the next secretary of state and join me from capitol hill. thank you very much. what do you think of the criticism among republican colleagues of susan rice for her comments after benghazi? do you think that that is sufficient to prevent her from being nominated and confirmed? >> andrea, that will be a mat that we have to take up in the senate and see. i think the president, who has not nominated a candidate to be the next secretary of state is entitled to his own nominee, if they are qualified. susan rice is certainly more than qualified. she's led admirably, represented us at the united nations during a difficult period when she has worked tirelessly and effectively to assemble an international coalition to impose new sanctions against iran, to lead the referendum process that created a new nation in south sudan. shoo she's been an eff
rice. >> susan rice is extraordinary. couldn't be prouder of the job that she's done. >> delaware senator chris coons a member of the foreign relations committee has to decide who will be the next secretary of state and join me from capitol hill. thank you very much. what do you think of the criticism among republican colleagues of susan rice for her comments after benghazi? do you think that that is sufficient to prevent her from being nominated and confirmed? >> andrea, that...
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ambassador susan rice was still blaming a spontaneous demonstration outside the consulate. the obama administration now acknowledges al-qaida was behind the september 11th attack. >> the investigation tells us what you get from the ground, it evolves. when you get intelligence, you get intelligence, you collect it, you give it over to analysts, analysts review it and they send it out and it kept evolving over the process. >>reporter: reporters who were staked out for the general's arrival, but he used underground hallways to make his way to the hearing room. petraeus stepped down last week after acknowledging it had an extra-marital affair with his biography paula broadwell. he did not comment on the affair during his testimony to lawmakers, but he insisted it did not have any impact on his testimony. danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >>> top national security officials were on capitol hill this week to deal with the fallout from the petraeus sex scandal. defense secretary leon panetta has ordered a review of ethics training for military officers. >>> we're followi
ambassador susan rice was still blaming a spontaneous demonstration outside the consulate. the obama administration now acknowledges al-qaida was behind the september 11th attack. >> the investigation tells us what you get from the ground, it evolves. when you get intelligence, you get intelligence, you collect it, you give it over to analysts, analysts review it and they send it out and it kept evolving over the process. >>reporter: reporters who were staked out for the general's...
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all three senators spoke today with susan rice. we start here with john mccain, you remember him he ran for president, cenk. >> it is clear that the information that you gave the american people was incorrect when she said that it was a spontaneous demon station triggered by a hate group. >> that's what rice said today. absolutely it was wrong. >> here's what i can tell you. the american people got bad information on 16 september. they got bad information from president obama days after, and the question is should they have been given the information at all. >> oh, senator graham, mccain and ayat. >> look, is there any chance they would have met with rice and thought she nailed it. >> hard to know. they actually demanded that she meet with them and talk with them. at first they wanted a committee set up, the senator from tennessee said we are getting ahead of ourselves with the committee. they came and talked to her. i think this speaks to the seriousness that the administration is treating her as a nominee. >> obama normally would
all three senators spoke today with susan rice. we start here with john mccain, you remember him he ran for president, cenk. >> it is clear that the information that you gave the american people was incorrect when she said that it was a spontaneous demon station triggered by a hate group. >> that's what rice said today. absolutely it was wrong. >> here's what i can tell you. the american people got bad information on 16 september. they got bad information from president obama...